Creators should be able to license music from major artists. Lickd lets them do it for as little as $8 a song.

2 years ago

Most of the time, if you hear a song in a long-form YouTube video, it's not the latest radio hit…

YouTube creators get shut out at the Emmys

2 years ago

According to YouTube CEO Neal Mohan, it's time for the Television Academy to award an Emmy to a digital-native creator. Mohan may be right, but that…

Donald Trump has (somehow) become a staunch TikTok defender

2 years ago

When Donald Trump was President, he tried to ban TikTok in the United States. Four years later, he's positioning himself in the…

MrBeast and Mark Rober’s #TeamSeas has deleted 34 million pounds of trash from oceans and beaches

2 years ago

In a little under three years, MrBeast and Mark Rober's ocean conservation project #TeamSeas has cleaned up over 34 million…

MrBeast’s snack brand drops its NBA sponsorship after just one season

2 years ago

MrBeast's hometown NBA team will no longer display the name of his candy company. The Charlotte Business Journal has reported that MrBeast's Feastables brand…

VidCon Baltimore is cancelled, with VidCon saying it’ll dedicate “full efforts and resources” to Anaheim event

2 years ago

VidCon Baltimore has been cancelled. The East Coast edition of VidCon held its first event in 2023 and was well…

Creators need stronger protections to combat an “evolving problem:” unauthorized AI training

2 years ago

YouTube has warned tech companies that some AI practices violate the platform's terms of service, but that caution hasn't stopped…

‘Parasite’ distributor snags rights for YouTube critic Chris Stuckmann’s horror film

2 years ago

A beloved YouTube film critic has teamed up with one of the buzziest distributors in the film industry. Neon, which has…

Is TikTok pushing young voters towards the far-right?

2 years ago

YouTube is not the only platform struggling against right-wing manipulation efforts. A new report from an E.U. think tank concerns…

PBS embraces live edutainment on Twitch

2 years ago

PBS has already made its mark on platforms like YouTube and TikTok, and it's now setting its sights on Twitch. The…